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Hatha yoga
Yoga classics, most popular style.
Training Features
Stretching and concentration exercises, breathing work, meditation, nose wash.
Goal
Begin to better understand your body, learn to concentrate and relax.
To whom does
Everybody.
Bikram yoga
Its other name is “hot yoga”. Classes are held indoors at temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
Training Features
The bottom line is to perform 26 classic postures from hatha yoga and breathing exercises in a hot room, with profuse sweating.
Goal
Such conditions reduce the risk of injury during stretching, the body is worked out in an orderly, according to a well-thought-out scheme. Another bonus is that toxins are eliminated from the body along with sweat.
To whom does
People with good physical fitness
Ashtanga yoga
The most energetic style of yoga, suitable for the advanced audience. Beginners can’t do it.
Training Features
Poses dynamically replace one another in a strict sequence, in parallel with breathing exercises.
Goal
Improve your state of mind through strenuous training, strengthen muscles and joints, and normalize blood circulation.
To whom does
people in good physical shape who have been practicing yoga for several years
Iyengar yoga
The emphasis is on finding the correct position of the body in space, taking into account the physical characteristics of each individual person.
Training Features
Poses (asanas) are held for a longer time than in other yoga styles, but with greater physical stress. Belts and other improvised means are used, which makes this style accessible even for the weak and the elderly.
Goal
Learn to control your body, achieve the state of “meditation in motion”, correct your posture, achieve inner harmony and peace of mind.
To whom does
This style suits the perfectionist. Recommended as rehabilitation after injuries, elderly and weakened people.
Power yoga (power yoga)
The most “physical” style of yoga. It is based on ashtanga yoga asanas with elements of aerobics.
Training Features
Unlike regular yoga, where pauses are provided, in power yoga, the workout takes place in a single breath, as with aerobics. Strength, breathing and stretching exercises are combined.
Goal
Strengthen and enlarge muscles, speed up calorie burning, tone the body and lose weight.
To whom does
All
Kripalu yoga
Gentle and brooding style, focused on both physical and mental components.
Training Features
The workout focuses on moving meditation.
Goal
Explore and resolve emotional conflicts through various postures.
To whom does
Everybody.
Sivanada Yoga
Spiritual Yoga Style
Training Features
Physical exercises, breathing and relaxation are performed. Through the improvement of the body, a person comes to spiritual harmony and finding peace.
Goal
Go to the astral plane.
To whom does
To all spiritually afflicted.